Thursday, March 24, 2011

Twestival (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good by connecting communities offline on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a fun event. Twestival is the largest global grassroots social media fundraising initiative to date. Since 2009, volunteers have raised close to $1.2 million for 137 nonprofits. All local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects. How you can help:

Vote for Twestival Beirut's logo so they can win USD 1,000 for the cause.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

“Radiance and spectral radiance are radiometric measures that describe the amount of light that passes through or is emitted from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle in a specified direction.” …..Thank you wikipedia, we can see that now.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Lebanese Army, a force to be reckoned with, takes on the forces of nature with a hike and you’re invited. Be advised that you most likely will not see a white Siberian tiger. The Lebanese Army laced up their boots last August.
This was the ad from last spring’s hike.

March 8th is International Women’s Day. Lebanon Aggregator has a nice post in honor of the day. Diamony did their part as well. It’s safe to say there were many International Women participating at the fashion show on Saturday.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Is there a link between brain tumors and cell phone usage? Luckily, even with “deals” from mobile providers, the rates are still so high that most Lebanese limit their usage. Thanks Alfa and MTC for keeping us healthy. Now if you could only raise the price of cigarettes and issue tickets for speeding and not using seatbelts.

Lebanese are being bombarded in the form of outdoor advertising. Billboards fight for attention. While many cities have beautification and restoration committees, Beirut counts on the creativity of advertisers to add a bit of color and at least temporarily add beauty to crumbling buildings.Here are some of what Lebanese are subjected to on a daily basis. Enjoy or suffer along with us.